Another New Zealand work vid! My first crane job!

[wicklamulla]

i like the way ya kept yer climbing ropes safely out of harms way when the sticks were being lifted clear by the crane.  Good work.

[Conorjm10]

On 26/03/2018 at 07:15, Khriss said:

Thats got to be one of the most cracking tree works videos I have ever seen - great editting and fab soundtrack - plus splendid cutting K

Thanks mate! Really appreciate the feedback!3

[Conorjm10]

On 27/03/2018 at 17:52, RC0 said:

Looks like you are having a great time out in NZ. I was out there too in 99-2000, as a contract climber. 

 

Sketchy tree for your first crane job. Well done for grinding it out.

 

Did someone tell you to use face cuts, or was that your own instinct ?

Yeah mate loving it! Yeah was a tough day i was ruined after it haha... And i was on comms with a guy on the ground, he called most of the shots but it worked out pretty well

[Rich Rule]

Nice work.  

[RC0]

6 hours ago, Conorjm10 said:

Yeah mate loving it! Yeah was a tough day i was ruined after it haha... And i was on comms with a guy on the ground, he called most of the shots but it worked out pretty well

Ok. Between us, but something to consider....a face cut actually achieves very little, if anything for crane work. You're just creating resistance. Very useful for conventional rigging where you are often trying to steer a section  towards the rigging point....but in cranework the rigging point (The boom) comes to you instead. Which often makes a facecut, counter productive. The key to good and safe cranework is accurate boom, sling placement and pre loading. So when you cut through a section it just separates. This can be critical in tight spaces or at the wrong end of your SWL. If you want to get better, that's where you should be aiming. But for a first time you did great. Spectacular setting and video too.

Edited March 28, 2018 by RC0

[Rich Rule]

Very good advice there.

 

Reg has done a heck of a lot more crane work than myself and most others.  One point to note, if I might add - you said you were ruined by the end of it.  All those face cuts were one extra unnecessary cut and on a tree like that and that weather it all adds up.  Especially on the larger pieces and with a bigger saw.

 

The setting did look stunning.

 

 

[Conorjm10]

On 29/03/2018 at 02:44, RC0 said:

Ok. Between us, but something to consider....a face cut actually achieves very little, if anything for crane work. You're just creating resistance. Very useful for conventional rigging where you are often trying to steer a section  towards the rigging point....but in cranework the rigging point (The boom) comes to you instead. Which often makes a facecut, counter productive. The key to good and safe cranework is accurate boom, sling placement and pre loading. So when you cut through a section it just separates. This can be critical in tight spaces or at the wrong end of your SWL. If you want to get better, that's where you should be aiming. But for a first time you did great. Spectacular setting and video too.

Thanks for taking the time to leave the feedback Reg! I pretty much just did what i was told by the dogman but your advice makes perfect sense! I'll be taking it on board and thanks for your vids, pretty much watched all of them ha! They've learned me a great deal!